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Finding intrigue wherever he goes. (mystery writer Dick Francis)

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From: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 19880328
Author:Sanoff, Alvin P.

Finding intrigue wherever he goes I write mysteries because I like reading them. I would pick them up at railway stations and airports--and one day said to my wife Mary: "I'm going to write a mystery someday. These Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace books seem to be doing all right." At the time, I was writing about racing for the Sunday Express, but it wasn't quite so lucrative as my career as a successful jockey: There weren't so many dollars coming in. Still, the newspaper work taught me how to write--what words to leave out. After a few years, Mary said: "You always said you ...

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